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Corum, Adrian Aycan - 2018

This paper studies the role of activist investors in the M&A market. Our theory proposes that activist investors have an inherent advantage relative to bidders in pressuring entrenched incumbents to sell. As counterparties to the acquisition, bidders have a fundamental conflict of interests with...

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Takeover Defenses in the Era of Shareholder Activism

Shin, Sa-Pyung Sean - 2016

This paper examines the interplay between takeover defenses and shareholder activism. Using a comprehensive sample of … shareholder activism events between 2006 and 2014, I find a differential impact of takeover defense measures on the likelihood of … in place are more likely to become targets. Activists are more likely to demand removal of takeover defense measures and …

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Shareholder Rights in Mergers and Acquisitions : Are Appraisal Rights Being Abused?

Kalodimos, Jonathan - 2017

Appraisal rights grant dissenting shareholders in an acquisition the right to petition the court to determine the value of their shares. These rights can protect shareholders from acquisitions below fundamental value or can be abused by opportunistic investors. We examine the use of appraisal...

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The Power to Decide on Takeovers : Directors or Shareholders, What Difference Does It Make?

Gatti, Matteo - 2014

contribution is to show who actually has power in a takeover and what factors are at work to give such power. Although directors … are traditionally considered to be in charge in deciding the outcome of a hostile takeover of a Delaware corporation … lack the power to determine the outcome of a takeover bid, the reason for that is not embedded in the takeover regime …

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Performance benefits of tight control

Gill, Andrej; Visnjic, Nikolai - 2013

This study investigates the transition from being a listed company with a dispersed ownership structure to being a privately held company with a concentrated ownership structure. We consider a sample of private equity backed portfolio companies to evaluate the consequences of the corporate...

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Does target CEO retention in acquisitions involving private equity acquirers harm target shareholders?

Bargeron, Leonce; Schlingemann, Frederik P.; Zutter, Chad J. - 2012

While there is widespread concern that target CEO retention by a private equity acquirer can result in a lower premium for target shareholders because of the potential conflict of interest of the CEO, it is also possible that target shareholders could benefit from CEO retention because it can...

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Corporate governance and the nature of takeover resistance

Carline, Nicholas F.; Linn, Scott C.; Yadav, Pradeep - 2014 - This version: March 23, 2014

We investigate the relation between corporate governance characteristics of hostile takeover targets and the choice to …

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Do Wealth Creating Mergers and Acquisitions Really Hurt Acquirer Shareholders?

Masulis, Ronald W. - 2012

We examine the expected economic benefits of mergers and acquisitions. We conclude that both signaling and revelation biases are responsible for the commonly reported finding that on average takeovers are harmful to bidder shareholder wealth. After accounting for these two biases that lead to a...

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MBO Withdrawals and Determinants of Stockholders’ Wealth

Jiraporn, Pornsit - 2011

Not all firms that intend to go private do so successfully. A number of management buyouts are announced but subsequently withdrawn. It is documented in this study that the stock market reacts negatively to MBO withdrawal announcement. This adverse effect, however, is alleviated in firms where...

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Impact of Mergers and Acquisitions on Returns to Shareholders of Acquiring Firms : Indian Economy in Perspective

Rani, Neelam - 2012

The paper examines the returns to shareholders of acquiring companies in India during the period 2003-08. The abnormal returns due to the announcement of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and return on equity funds five years before and after M&A have been examined. The study also performs a...

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